Christopher Crocco, You'll find an interesting meld of instrumentation....

"This is one of the more original discs this reviewer has encountered in a long time, presenting free and indeed fluid improvisation as refracted through the instrumental prism created by electric plectrist Crocco." - John Stevenson > EJazznews

".....With his debut release, Crocco and his trio judiciously parallel the inference of the album title. Featuring sax giant George Garzone and drummer Francisco Mela, the music iterated here bridges finesse with power. Moreover, dynamics are poignantly distributed throughout these buoyantly executed pieces, while Crocco mans the lower register to occasionally compensate for the bassless format. Here, the guitarist and Garzone interweave soloing maneuvers as they render contrapuntal phrasings while trading fours atop semi-structured themes. Crocco frames a good portion of this set on an open-air platform, where the trio delves into latter-day Trane-isms amid movements where they engage in punchy unison choruses. In other regions of sound, the guitarist lays down a slow-tempo surf-rock type motif, whereas his dark-toned licks on “Sway” intimates sublime balladry. On the Wizard of Oz-culled “If I Only Had A Brain,” Crocco’s anthem-like reading is offset by Mela’s asymmetrically engineered, rumbling and tumbling pulses. In sum, the trio affords itself ample stretching room to coincide with an uncanny semblance of flexibility, brute force and progressive-jazz like expansion." - Glenn Astarita > Allaboutjazz

"The set ends with a solid solo performance by Crocco on his last original “Sand Rain.” The name of the group and the CD are somewhat apropos considering that the music flows gently with sparks of brilliance. A tight trio with unquestioned musicianship, their energy provides an engaging an impressive debut for Mr. Crocco." - Edward Blanco - eJazznews

"You'll find an interesting meld of instrumentation on the disc..Guitar, Sax, and drums, yet each consummate in their delivery. Leader & jazz guitarist Chris Crocco offers us a clear predominance of jazz guitar found in his ultimate musical expression for the music he has chosen. The combined group demonstrates a wide knowledge & versatility of our beloved jazz idiom as expressed through their improvisations. Unique stuff indeed!!" - George Carroll > Ejazznews

Chris currently teaches privately in New York City as well as frequent positions within the N.Y.U. Jazz Department, The New School Jazz Department, and Virginia Jazz Clinics and Improvisational Studies. Having been a long time friend and musician under the mentorship of George Garzone, Chris's fluidity on the instrument is uncompromising. While Leading a number of groups in New York City he has performed at every major jazz club including Birdland, Blue Note, Smalls, The 55 Bar, The Bar Next Door, and Cornelia St. Cafe, Siberia, Charlie O's, B.Smith's, and Triad Lounge. As well as performances with Kenny Werner, Mike Mainieri, John Lockwood, Dennis Irwin, George Garzone, Greg Tardy, Antonio Farao, Frank Tiberi, Bob Gullotti, Francisco Mela, Ben Street, Pete Zimmer, Jeremy Allen, John Sullivan, Rick Margitza, Essiet Essiet, Eivind Opsvik, Charles Blenzig, Sean Conley, Tony Moreno, and Ian Froman.

His current group is called "The Fluid Trio", a bassless group at home in New York City, includes legendary saxophonist George Garzone, and Cuban native Francisco Mela on drums.Exploring every aspect of truth, this trio plays with a ferocity and freedom... swing and organic color....
Having performed all over NYC, The Fluid Trio is convincing people that beauty and strength can be found in small numbers. Every show is energized with the colors of life.

• FEATURED CDs & DVDs: The Chris Crocco Fluid Trio (2006 Self Published) Featuring: Christopher Crocco - Guitar, George Garzone - Sax, Francisco Mela - Drums,
• George Garzone's ONE TWO THREE FOUR (2007 Stunt Records) Featuring: George Garzone - Sax, Christopher Crocco - Guitar, Dennis Irwin - Bass, Pete Zimmer - Drums,
• THE MUSIC OF GEORGE GARZONE & THE TRIADIC CHROMATIC APPROACH (2008 DVD Jodyjazz) Featuring: George Garzone - Sax, Chris Crocco - Guitar, Frank Tiberi - Sax, Mike Mainieri - Vibes, John Lockwood - Bass, Bob Gullotti - Drums,

Joe Lovano Says: This amazing DVD, "The Music of George Garzone & The Triadic Chromatic Approach", will have everyone that wants to create music, enlightened and searching for fresh ways of developing new ideas !!! Enjoy the journey, thats whats it's all about."

Program:
20 fev 2010 21:00 > CHRIS CROCCO FLUID TRIO at Cornelia St.Cafe New York, New York
26 mar 2010 22:00 > CHRIS CROCCO FLUID TRIO at FatCat Jazz Club New York, New York